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-title = "Run Lola Run (1998)"
-author = ["MichaƂ Sapka"]
-date = 2024-06-29T22:26:00+02:00
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-abstract = "A short review of the German thriller"
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-Sometimes you find SciFi in the worst places, like Disney.
-Sometimes you find it in a strange German techno thriller.
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-The story of _Run Lola Run_ is one of the simplest I've ever witnessed:
-Lola's boyfriend, Manni, screwed delivery of 100000 Detche Marks (close to 83k Eur in 2024) and now his boss is going to kill him within 20 minutes.
-It is up to Lola to get the money, and then run as fast as she can to him - before he does anything stupid.
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-{{< rating 3.75 "run-lola-run.jpg" >}}
-Cover
-{{< /rating >}}
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-This does not sound _scifi_ but there is one element that convinces me: butterfly effect.
-The one from the mediocre Ashton Kutcher movie and a great movie from Kieslowski.
-We rarely speak of it today, but a few years ago it was quite popular.
-In _Run Lola Run_ we see different outcomes depending on a very slight changes.
-This, and Lola's _magical scream_ are the only fantastical elements here.
-Enough for me!
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-The story is serviceable - it's not bad, but it's also not memorable.
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-What is memorable is how the movie is made.
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-{{< image class="centered" source="https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/104-lola-rennt/images/backdrops" alt="Red haied girl running on the left. A blurry building in the background" file="run-lola-run-1.jpg" >}}
-There are quite a few running scenes here
-{{< /image >}}
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-There was this short period of time, when a few ultra-energetic movies were made.
-Think Pi, or Human Traffic.
-They seem more like something you would see on MTV than a full length movie.
-Lola runs, some powerfully techno music plays _loudly_ and that's basically it.
-We've got some breaks with dialogue, but most of the movie is pure, raw energy.
-Think _Mad Max_ has aggressive montage?
-Check again.
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-{{< image class="centered" source="https://www.justwatch.com/ca/movie/run-lola-run" alt="Two people poiting pistols: red haired girl and blond male" file="run-lola-run-2.jpg" >}}
-Unmistakable 90s
-{{< /image >}}
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-_Run Lola Run_ is a midbudget (low?) thriller with SciFi elements which is very much a forgotten genre.
-It's also very, deeply _european_, which I love[^fn:1].
-It's an enjoyable, non-insulting ride.
-But it's a not lost classic.
-
-[^fn:1]: Berlin, where action takes place, is so clean here.
- I say that as a Pole.
- Our cities back then were far from being nice to look at.
- It improved though!